Creating a crochet chain

Making a chain is just two easy steps:

Yarn out – which is abbreviated as YO – and draw yarn into loop (also called yarn in YI).

These two steps create a chain. Doing this over and over creates a continuous chain.

So remember this. Yarn Out Yarn In. YAYI.

And the proper hand posture for doing this is as show below, with the hook always facing opposite the yarn.

Not with hook facing the yarn.

Resource Crochet Basic 80 Techniques